Association

History

1972 :

A new section of the Association Diabète Québec is born and is named the Association de Diabète Québec, section de l’Estrie.

1973 :

The first general assembly is held and a temporary executive comity is set up. Mrs Yvette Lapointe, Mrs Marthe McCauley, Mr Gerard Thivierge, Mr Daniel Berthold, Dr Nicolas Kandalaft and Dr Khalil Koury are the members of this comity.

To 1973 from 1986 :

Under the presidency of Mr Daniel Berthold, members Mrs Pierrette Billard, Mrs Mireille Houle, Mr Jean Legault and Mr Daniel Lacombe, the association starts recruiting more and more members. Thanks to that more diabetic people, has access to information concerning diabetes.

1986 :

Our branch becomes a corporation under the name of Association des Diabétiques de l’Estrie et Région 05 inc. Mr Daniel Berthold is once again president and starts the Coopérative d’Entraide Diabétique, that will then affiliate with the Association Canadienne du Diabète. Later on, all their activities will cease here in Quebec.

1987 :

We now have a new president, Mr Jean-Charles Baril, who has also opened a Gluco Center, before he joined the Coopérative de l’Entraide Diabétique de l’Estrie.